Schreck was also charged with one count of second-degree attempted burglary after investigators learned he tried to break into a house near the scene of the second burglary, on Estelle Avenue, police said.

Later, police additionally charged Schreck with petty larceny in a February theft at a CVS store in Holbrook.

Neither boy who confronted Schreck during the attempted burglaries was injured, police said.

Police did not release the identities of either boy because of their ages and because both are victims of a crime.